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Flotow

American  
[floh-toh] / ˈfloʊ toʊ /

noun

  1. Friedrich von 1812–83, German composer.


Flotow British  
/ ˈfloːto /

noun

  1. Friedrich von (ˈfriːdrɪç fɔn). 1812–83, German composer of operas, esp Martha (1847)

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The band made its biggest impression adapting classical compositions into popular swing numbers: notably “My Reverie,” from the Claude Debussy piano piece “Rêverie,” and “Martha,” from the Friedrich von Flotow opera of the same name.

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2017

He wrote his own libretto and decked it out with orchestral preludes, choruses, solos, duos, even a quintet, in a way that indicated he probably knew the works of Weber and Flotow.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among my most pleasant recollections of those days is that connected with Von Flotow, the future composer of "Martha."

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

Baron Flotow will have occasion to meet the Secretary of State this afternoon.

From In the World War by Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria, Graf

Stuer belongs to the von Flotow family, one of the oldest families in Mecklenburg, and the hydropathic establishment was put up by Rausse who has written a number of well known books on hydropathy.

From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz

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